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B-414650.19,B-414650.20,B-414650.23,B-414650.24,B-414650.25,B-414650.26 1 (2018-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvet0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: 360 IT Integrated Solutions; VariQ Corporation File: B-414650.19; B-414650.20; B-414650.23; B-414650.24; B-414650.25; B-414650.26 Date: October 15, 2018 Richard J. Conway, Esq., Michael J. Slattery, Esq., Michael Montalbano, Esq., and loana Cristei, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for 360 Integrated Solutions; and Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for VariQ Corporation, the protesters. Richard P. Rector, Esq., Dawn E. Stern, Esq., and Eric P. Roberson, Esq., DLA Piper LLP (US), for Inserso Corporation, the intervenor. Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., and Christopher M. Alwood, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging scope of agency's corrective action is denied where the agency's plan to conduct discussions with all vendors is an appropriate remedy to address reasonable agency concerns. 2. Protest challenging the adequacy of discussions is dismissed as premature where the protest is raised prior to award. 3. Protest challenging agency's failure to answer questions prior to the closing date for quotation submissions is denied where the questions sought information the agency was not required to provide. DECISION 360 IT Integrated Solutions (360 ITIS), a small business located in Reston, Virginia, and VariQ Corporation, located in Rockville, Maryland, protest the pre-award actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security in connection with request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCETC-1 7-Q-0001 0, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information technology operations support services (ITOSS). The protesters both assert that the agency's announced corrective action, taken in response to earlier

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